Staff Psychotherapist – Chicago, IL
We are excited to announce an opening for a full-time licensed psychotherapist: licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), licensed social worker (LSW), licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC), licensed professional counselor (LPC), licensed psychologist (PhD or PsyD), or licensed marital and family therapist (LMFT) in our main location in Chicago, IL (River North). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all Wildflower operations are conducted remotely at this time. In-person services will resume in the future. Following the pandemic, the position will most likely allow for working remotely 2-3 days per week.
If you are passionate about mental health and are looking for a collaborative community of colleagues who care about and support one another while demonstrating genuine commitment to clients, professional development, and their own wellbeing, we encourage you to apply. We are looking for candidates who live values that animate our group: integrity, compassion, collaboration, authenticity, and growth-mindedness.
Psychotherapy at Wildflower is grounded in empirically-based modalities and theories as well as focus on learning and clinical collaboration to provide the highest quality of attuned, empathic care. We serve individuals, couples, and families and center our practice on these key areas: reproductive mental health and parenting, mood and anxiety, trauma, sexuality, and relationships. The position is an excellent opportunity for a mental health professional who wishes to further develop specialized expertise in the above areas, is self-directed, serious about ongoing learning, and has great communication and organizational skills.
The clinician must be willing to work two evenings per week and part of Saturday or three evenings M-F.
Qualifications
- Applicants must hold Master’s degree or higher in social work, professional counseling, clinical psychology or marital and family therapy and must be licensed as an LSW, LCSW, LPC, LCPC, LMFT, or Clinical Psychologist OR become licensed within 3 months from the start date.
- At least 1 year of full-time postgraduate experience providing outpatient psychotherapy (not solely case management) preferred
- Must have experience evaluating, diagnosing, and treating emotional disorders in an outpatient setting, and must be passionate about ongoing learning. Demonstrated experience and training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy/Dialectical Behavior Therapy/Acceptance and Commitment Therapy OR reproductive mental health/sex therapy/trauma therapy/couples therapy. Additionally, must have interest in developing further expertise in the above areas
- Applicants fluent in another language are strongly encouraged to apply
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to interact effectively, sensitively, and professionally with clients and professional community
Benefits
- Opportunity to develop specialized expertise in the following areas and treatment modalities: reproductive mental health, sex therapy, trauma, eating disorders, couples therapy, CBT, DBT, ACT, trauma treatment, and others
- Parental, miscarriage and stillbirth leave benefit
- Educational reimbursement toward professional development
- Student loan repayment assistance
- Frequent (1-2x/month) in-house training opportunities, some of which include CEUs
- Eligibility for health insurance (PPO), dental and vision insurance
- Salary commensurate with experience
- Liability insurance through employer
- PTO, short term disability coverage, retirement plan, term life insurance and other benefits
- Regular group consultation
- Management supports team members in maintaining work/life balance
- Depending on experience and performance, opportunity to provide education and training to the professional community and/or supervise provisionally licensed staff
- If provisionally licensed, weekly supervision will be provided
- This is a W2 position
Other
Clinician would be expected to provide psychotherapy services to a diverse caseload of up to 25 clients per week. This includes working with individuals, couples, and families.
To apply
To apply for this position, please send your cover letter, resume/CV and two professional references to Aga Grabowski via indeed.com. Applicants who do not provide a cover letter will not be considered. We thank all applicants for their interest.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Medical Specialty:
- Psychiatry
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
COVID-19 considerations:
Psychotherapy services are provided remotely at this time
Education:
- Master’s (Preferred)
Experience:
- Psychotherapy: 1 year (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- LSW, LCSW, LPC, LCPC, LMFT, or Clinical Psychology license (Preferred)
Work Location:
- One location
Work Remotely:
- Temporarily due to COVID-19
Source: Indeed.com
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